This Pattern is part of the Aquidneck Island BOM at stitcheryri.

GILDED AGE

By the turn of the 20th century, many of the nation’s wealthiest families were summering in Newport, including the Vanderbilts, Astors, and the Widener family, who constructed the largest“cottages”, such as The Breakers and Miramar. They resided for a brief summer social season in grand, gilded mansions with elaborate receiving rooms, dining rooms, music rooms, and ballrooms. The social scene at Newport is described in Edith Wharton’s novel The Age of Innocence. Wharton’s own Newport “cottage” was called Land’s End.